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-We Have Atomic Operation Control (ATOMCTL) Register.
-This register determines the effect of using a S32C1I instruction
-with various combinations of:
-
- 1. With and without an Coherent Cache Controller which
- can do Atomic Transactions to the memory internally.
-
- 2. With and without An Intelligent Memory Controller which
- can do Atomic Transactions itself.
-
-The Core comes up with a default value of for the three types of cache ops:
-
- 0x28: (WB: Internal, WT: Internal, BY:Exception)
-
-On the FPGA Cards we typically simulate an Intelligent Memory controller
-which can implement RCW transactions. For FPGA cards with an External
-Memory controller we let it to the atomic operations internally while
-doing a Cached (WB) transaction and use the Memory RCW for un-cached
-operations.
-
-For systems without an coherent cache controller, non-MX, we always
-use the memory controllers RCW, thought non-MX controlers likely
-support the Internal Operation.
-
-CUSTOMER-WARNING:
- Virtually all customers buy their memory controllers from vendors that
- don't support atomic RCW memory transactions and will likely want to
- configure this register to not use RCW.
-
-Developers might find using RCW in Bypass mode convenient when testing
-with the cache being bypassed; for example studying cache alias problems.
-
-See Section 4.3.12.4 of ISA; Bits:
-
- WB WT BY
- 5 4 | 3 2 | 1 0
- 2 Bit
- Field
- Values WB - Write Back WT - Write Thru BY - Bypass
---------- --------------- ----------------- ----------------
- 0 Exception Exception Exception
- 1 RCW Transaction RCW Transaction RCW Transaction
- 2 Internal Operation Internal Operation Reserved
- 3 Reserved Reserved Reserved